SenD#6148
StCD#7488

THE FORTY-FIRST SENATE OF THE ACADEMIC COUNCIL

Thursday, January 22, 2009
2:15 to 3:00 p.m.
Law School Room 180

Karen Cook, Chair, Harvey Cohen, Vice chair, Lanier Anderson,
Jonathan Bendor, Margaret Brandeau, Harry Elam, Hank Greely

John Etchemendy, ex officio, Rex L. Jamison, ex officio

AGENDA

I.  Reports

1. Committee on Graduate Studies and Committee
   on Review of Undergraduate Majors: Recommendation for approval
   of degree program name change from Spanish and Portuguese to
   new department name Iberian and Latin American Cultures
   (BA, Honors, MA and PhD). (Lavori/Hodder/Stephens/Black) (StC Action)  SenD#6115
      
2. Committee on Graduate Studies and Committee on Review of
   Undergraduate Majors: approval of degree program name change
   from Art to Art and Art  History for the BA Honors, MA and PhD
   degrees. (Lavori/Hodder/Stephens/Black) (StC Action)  SenD#6151
   Samuelson letter  Luciani email  Shoven-Holloway letter  Rice letter  Holloway letter
      
3. Committee on Graduate Studies and Review of Undergraduate
   Majors: renewal of degree nominating authority for the
   Interdisciplinary Program in Symbolic Systems: BS degree,
   undergraduate minor, undergraduate honors, and MS degrees,
   (Lavori/Black/Stephens) (StC Action) SenD#6139  SenD#6139 Self-study
      
4. 2007/08 Annual Report of the Committee on Review of Undergraduate
   authority for IDP in Mathematical and Computational
   Majors (C-RUM) (Hodder/Black/Bravman) (no action) SenD#6132
      
5. Committees on Graduate Studies: Authorization for new joint
   degree program consisting of the Master of Public Policy (MPP)
   and the Master of Science (MS) in Management Science and
   Engineering (Lavori/Osgood/Gumport) (StC Action) SenD#6149  SenD#6149 description
      
6. Committees on Graduate Studies: Recommendation to add a
   Approval Process  (Lavori/Osgood/Gumport) (StC Action) SenD#6150
      
7. 2007/08 Annual Report of the Committee on Graduate Studies
   (Lavori/Gumport/Osgood) (no StC action) SenD#6131

II.  Adjournment

Rex L. Jamison, MD
Academic Secretary to the University